Noiseless pencil-case.



Patented August 2 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA E. VILHELM, OF MILWVAUKE 1, \VISCON SIN.

NOISELESS PENCIL-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,308, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed November 26, 1902. Serial No. 132,860. (No model.)

To (LU w/w'm, [1- nuty concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA E. VILHELM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of WVisconsin, have invented new and usefullmprovements in Noiseless Pencil-Cases, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in noiseless pencil-cases,designed especially for the purpose of containing pencils, compasses, and other tools used by pupils in attending school.

The object of my invention is to provide a form of device in which the noise incident to the rattling of the tools or the opening and closing of tool-retaining boxes will be avoided.

My invention also has for its object the provision of a case which can be readily folded for insertion in a pocket or rolled up so as to take up but little room in a desk or drawer, all of the tools being in any event kept from contact with each other and protected from dampness in the atmosphere.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of my invention with the case unfolded. Fig. 2 is a sectional view drawn on line we of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view drawn on line 1 1/ of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a sectional view drawn on line z zfof Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view drawn through the clasp and showing the device in normally folded position, and Fig. 6 shows the device as folded for insertion in the pocket of the user.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

1 is a rectangular strip of flexible material, such as cloth or leather. At the respective ends one face of the strip 1 is covered by pieces 2 and 3, respectively, of similar material, which are stitched to the strip 1 along the sides and ends thereof. The piece 2- is also stitched to the strip 1 by lines of stitching at, forming pockets (0 between the lines of stitching. Several of these pockets a are of uniform width and are adapted to contain pencils, penholders, 860. At one side awider pocket 7) is provided, into which a ruler or similar tool may be inserted. The pencils and other tools will of course be inserted in the pockets at the open ends z'. 6., those ends nearest the center of strip 1.

The piece 3 is secured to the strip 1 by a longitudinal line of stitching 5 and a transverse line of stitching 6, the latter extending from one side inwardly to the line of stitching 5. These lines of stitching 5 and 6 form the pockets 0, (Z, and e, the pocket 0 being adapted to receive compasses and similar tools, while the pocket d is of a size convenient for the reception of erasers. The pocket 6 is adapted for the reception of a pen-containing case f. To provide an entrance for this pocket, the piece 3 is slitted along the dotted line 8 adjacent to the line of stitching 6 and a flap 9 is preferably provided in a position to cover the opening 8 of the pocket. The flap is provided with a suitable clasp 10, whereby it may be secured in closed position.

The parts 2 and. 3 are provided with counterpart clasp members 11 and 12, respectively, which are adapted for mutual engagement when the device is folded along the dotted line g. (Shown in Fig. 1.) Vhen s0 folded and secured by the engagement of the clasp members 11 and 12, all the tools will be inclosed within the flexible case thus formed. Considerable space is left between the inner edges of the pieces 2 and 3 for the projecting ends of the tools, the device being thereby adapted to contain tools of various lengths without providing pockets of such depth as to render the removal of short tools inconvenient. The central portion of the strip 1 not only serves to cover the ends of tools projecting from the pockets; but this portion of the strip is also provided with a. hook 14:, upon which a penwiper-15 may be conveniently hung. A button 16 is also secured to this portion of the strip 1, whereby a slate-rag may be secured in position within the casing. It will be understood that the outer edges of the strip 1 and pieces 2 and 3 may be folded inwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and bound together by the connecting-lines of stitching, whereby none of the edges of the material are exposed.

\Vhen it is desired to remove any of the tools, the device is opened to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1, when the ends of any desired tool may be readily grasped and drawn out. WVhen the tools are in place, the device is folded along the transverse center line g and the clasp members 11 and 12 brought into engagement, whereupon all the tools will be inclosed. The device may then be rolled up from the side or may be again folded along the longitudinal center-line g, in which latter case it assumes the form shown in Fig. 6, which facilitates its insertion in any ordinary pocket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tool-holding case comprising a main rectangularstrip of cloth; an end piece of similar material, secured by marginal stitching to one end and along the sides of said main strip, and by rows'of stitching parallel with the sides and arranged to form a series of pockets open toward the center of the mainstrip, adapted to receive pencils and similar articles with their ends exposed on the inner EMMA E. WILHELM.

WVitnesses:

C. L. RoEsoH, LEVERETT (J. WHEELER. 

